At a meeting of the Royal Society yesterday, the :krarquis
of North- ampton was unanimously elected President, in the room of the Duke of Sussex.
A letter from the Duke of Sussex to Mr. Gillon, cordially approv- ing of that gentleman's motion for an increase of the Duke's salary, is given in the Scotch papers.
The Morning aronicle contradicts a report in the Irish newspapers that Lord Normanby is to go Canada as Lord Durham's successor.
The commanding officer of a cavalry regiment has, we understand, refused to receive into his corps any married officers. The matter is now likely to come before the authorities at the Horse Guards.— Morning Herald.
The extraordinary liberality of Earl Fitzwilliam has lately excited much surprise amongst his friends, and the following is said to be the reason of the changes. The Earl lent large sums of money to an indi- vidual lately connected with Royalty, who, since the accession of her Majesty to the throne, has been gradually paying them off. This money the Earl has devoted to church-extension and charitable pur- poses.—SloWield Iris.
The state apartments of Hampton Court Palace are now open to the public, and will continue to be so every day in the week, with the exception of Saturday, and Sunday during the hours of divine service. In addition to the rooms which contain the divine Cartoons of Ra- phael, a new gallery has been opened, containing 165 pictures, many of them of great historical interest.—Herald.
The Times has been stuffing its columns this week with some long. winded letters from Lady Hester Stanhope; the burden of which is, that her Ladyship is one of the greatest benefactors of the English nation, and having spent more than she could afford in relieving the sufferers at the siege of Acre, ought not to be questioned as to her title to a handsome pension. Her Ladyship's real title was her relationship to Mr. Pitt.
Dr. Hampden has protested against the annual nomination of select preachers in the University of Oxford, without his concurrence.
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